Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] fast [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skirmishers in the fields had seen them now , and the French had started to withdraw , firing occasionally , but for the most part just running as fast as they could , to obtain cover amidst the village buildings . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Miss Abbott , how good you are , do n't pull so , Robert , how can poor Miss Abbott possibly come as fast as you ? |
| 3 | Winston Churchill was to write : ‘ The conflict sank once more to the bloody but local struggles of two or three divisions repeatedly renewed as fast as they were consumed , and consumed as fast as they were renewed . |
| 4 | Another snag is that construction costs in Berlin , already higher than in western Germany , are now rising as fast as rents . |
| 5 | I could n't even walk as fast as the kids , and standing for more than five minutes was impossible . |
| 6 | At each shot he jerked the ‘ rifle ’ up as the recoil would kick it then re-aimed as fast as he could . |
| 7 | ‘ We then ran as fast as we could and only minutes later the bomb went off . ’ |
| 8 | We never went as fast as downhill skiers might with their heavy skis on steeper slopes , but our descents were exciting nevertheless . |